A timeline of fall 2014 movies
With requisite snarky remarks
The Skeleton Twins
September 12
Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig in the quintessential anti-
Saturday Night Live spinoff. Wayne’s World on dabs?
The Equalizer
September 26
Denzel Washington and his Training Day director do what U.S. soccer couldn’t: beat hella ass.
The Judge
October 10
Hollywood's two Roberts (Downey Jr. and Duvall) bitch at each other for two hours. Then, hugs.
Kill the Messenger
October 10
Jeremy Renner as journalist Gary Webb, who briefly worked at SN&R. (Nothing snarky to say, sorry.)
St. Vincent
October 24
Let's imagine that your neighbor is Dr. Peter Venkman …
Interstellar
November 7
2001: A Space Odyssey meets The Notebook. Called it!
Rosewater
November 7
Jon Stewart ups his big-screen game post-Half Baked cameos with this directorial debut.
Dumb and Dumber To
November 14
Predicting jokes as dead as a parakeet.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1
November 21
Milking every last dollar out of Hunger Games fans by splitting the third book into two films? For shame!
Horrible Bosses 2
November 26
Apparently the original earned enough moolah from TV to make a sequel, which proves that zoning out and watching crap on cable isn't a victimless crime.
Penguins of Madagascar
November 26
Animated penguin spies: Another argument for birth control.
Inherent Vice
December 12
Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon or riffs on The Big Lebowski. Either way, I’ll abide.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
December 12
Ridley Scott gets biblical? Christian Bale as Moses? Hard to keep the faith.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
December 17
Another three-hour nap in your future.
Annie
December 19
I'd take a hard knock on my head over seeing this musical remake with Jamie Foxx.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
December 19
I hear the secret of the tomb is to lock this movie's print in there and see what happens.
The Interview
December 25
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's This is the End follow-up, whereupon they go Errol Morris on Kim Jong-Un. Dennis Rodman cameo?
Into the Woods
December 25
Fairy tale mash-up that at one point had musician Girl Talk attached as director. (OK, not really.)
Big Eyes
December 25
Tim Burton gets serious (sans Johnny Depp) about artist Margaret Keane's annoying doe-eyed paintings. Merry Christmas!
Unbroken
December 25
Angelina Jolie directs the true story of Forrest Gump? Reagan revolutionites reloading!